Brian Belott (born 1973 in

East Orange, New Jersey East Orange is a City (New Jersey), city in Essex County, New Jersey, Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census, the city's population was 69,612. The city was List of municipalities in ...

) is an artist, performer and found object art collector based in

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. Belott received his BFA from

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in New York in 1995 after 1 year attending

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(thrown out). Brian Belott's work has been exhibited at Canada Gallery, the Zürcher Studio, and the

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in New York and Galerie Zürcher in Paris, France in 2009. Brian Belott's first book, Wipe That Clock Off Your Face (2007,

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) includes a selection of his practices, including comic drawings, painting, collage, collage books, and a DVD with found sound and photography. In November 2018,

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opened a solo exhibition featuring Brian Belott's never-before-exhibited frozen art works. The works, some of which included toothpaste, dog food and Play-doh, were exhibited throughout the gallery using industrial freezers. One of 75 artists selected, Belott will participate in the 2019

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at the

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, New York, curated by

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and

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*https://www.loyalgallery.com/artists/brian-belott/ *https://gavinbrown.biz/artists/brian_belott/works 1973 births Living people People from East Orange, New Jersey Artists from New Jersey School of Visual Arts alumni {{US-artist-stub